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Definition of: Sibylline Books
A collection of nine books which were reputed to set forth the destiny of Rome. The last three were bought from the Cumaean sibyl by Tarquin the Proud and placed in the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, and were consulted by the senate on momentous occasions.
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